Pachycondyla lutzi

Pachycondyla lutzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Ponerini
Genus: Pachycondyla
Species: Pachycondyla lutzi

Name

†Pachycondyla lutzi Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 732, fig. 7

Holotype: FIS MeI 11958, lateral imprint of winged gyne.

Type locality: Grube Messel, Hesse, Germany. Messel Formation, Middle Eocene, c. 47 Ma (Mertz & Renne 2005).

Paratypes: FIS MeI 11481, dorsal imprint of worker without gaster; FIS MeI 1361, FIS MeI 3553, FIS MeI 2078, FIS MeI 10526, dorsal imprints of winged gynes; FIS MeI 11679, lateral imprint of gyne.

Etymology: In honour of the palaeoentomologist Herbert Lutz, who was one of the first to study ants from Grube Messel.

References

• Dlussky G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(4): 725–753. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.628341 Reference page.